To answer some questions: Yes, the building you see in the news is the building he is working at. I've looked to see if I can get a glimpse of him, but I'm actually kind of relieved when I don't. Yes, he got moved to a different hotel. It's a small room, but he says he's not there much, so it's okay. He was told today to extend his hotel reservation until September 15th. Ohhhh, I so want it to end before then! **sigh** He will begin training tomorrow on some additional responsibilities. He is happy about that because he will be busier. Beginning next week, he will get one day a week off. He will find out tomorrow when he gets a few days to actually come home.
I am torn between wanting to know everything that is happening in the strike, and not wanting to know anything. Honestly, it scares me. I can't imagine being in Hubby and Co. shoes walking through a picket line and being pummeled with such harassment every day. I can't imagine going home without a paycheck when my kids are starting school soon either. Unfortunately, the union people are just adding to their personal debt as the days pass. Knowing that the Big Executives have the income they do while there are so many people struggling has always bothered me. (That's another soap box.) However, what the union is asking for is, in my mind, unreasonable in today's society. The changes to their contracts that are keeping them from signing is what we have been living with for a considerable amount of time already. There is no perfect answer....we don't live in a perfect world. There are thousands of people making sacrifices on both sides and beyond. Vandalism only makes the matter worse, and causes the company more unnecessary expense. It sounds like it's only going to get worse, and it's going to last a long time. Please pray for all people who are caught in this ugly mess - the negotiators, the management, and the unions.
As for me, I can always keep busy. The hardest part for me is being by myself almost exclusively.... and also food. I've never been one to go out to eat by myself, but I'm going to get tired of mac and cheese, cereal, and p-b-j very soon. If I could work in the yard, or even go out and read in the hammock, it would be better. It's just too HOT! But, never fear, I'm good. It could be sooooo much worse.
Today I finished a peg holder. (I just like that terminology better than "clothespin.") I made it out of an ice cream container I found among my plastic containers when I cleaned out the cupboard yesterday. (Yes, I'm going to have the cleanest house in the state before this is over!) Before:
- The possibilities of rain!
- Finishing up some UFOs (Unfinished Objects in crafty lingo)
- My kids are home from vacation safe and sound! (well, mostly sound - 3 kids in a car, one of them ill - "sound" may be stretching it a bit!)
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